Joan Rivers invited RuPaul to the latest taping of her show, In Bed with Joan Rivers, which quickly turns into an ol’ gals sleepover sans pajamas. The feisty pair talk about Ru’s childhood, the wild success of RuPaul‘s Drag Race (and why it’s successful), and most importantly, what happens when tucked drag queens get aroused.

We love Joan just as much as the next gay, but did she really need to continually refer to Mother Ru as a “tranny”?

@yaoming: I think it’s a generational thing. I’m English and in my 30s and (obviously depending on context and situation) tr@nny has always been an affectionate term for a transvestite, or a drag queen. It’s never been used to describe someone who is transsexual.